Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 00:44:11 05/24/01
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On May 24, 2001 at 02:13:39, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>On May 24, 2001 at 01:59:14, Will Singleton wrote:
>
>>On Volker's site (http://www.vrichey.de/cct3), I noticed two Polish programs,
>>Armageddon Chess and Butcher. If these are known programs, then ignore the
>>following, and accept my apology.
>>
>>If these are unknown programs, and have no track record of server or tournament
>>play, should they be allowed to play in CCT3?
>>
>>Will
>
>Another issue involves how the manual programs will play. Having dealt with ICC
>manual computer operators for several years, I'm concerned that they realize
>that they shouldn't take an active role in the games.
>
>For example, I'd like to make sure that they don't do the following:
>
>1) Select book moves for the program. The program should select its own moves
>once the game starts, meaning that the operator should not be sitting there with
>ChessBase for the first 25 moves. The operator should not after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
>decide that he wants to see a Latvian, and type f5. If he sets it up that way
>in advance, no problem, but this kind of reactive thing shouldn't be allowed
>during the game.
>
>2) Control time allocation. One way to play with a manual program is to let it
>sit there thinking all the time. The operator makes moves when he thinks it is
>appropriate. If it's an easy move, it comes fast. If the program looks like
>it's going to play a bad move, or if the position is tactically complex, the
>operator lets the program think longer in the hopes that it will find something
>better. It is hard to run a manual program on ICC without doing something like
>this, because you can't just select the tournament time control and run, because
>of operator time and lag. But the operator should be as fair as possible. One
>possibility is to set the program to run at fixed time per move, and shorten the
>time per move as necessary as the game goes on. Another possibility is to tell
>the program to run at a slightly faster time control than is going to happen in
>the tournament, and hope that you'll accumulate time rather than running out.
>
>I'm sure there are other things that we'd all agree the manual operators should
>not do.
>
>bruce
These reasons are the two main reasons why I do not want to enter such a
tournament without being well prepared.
I have had experiences in the past with manual operators who were messing with
the time controls (pressing the [Move now!] key whenever they felt it was time
to do it), and I don't want my program to be forced to play this way.
The solution would be to operate my program myself, but I have no time to learn
how to use the chess servers. Have have *never* visited *any* chess server.
Christophe
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